Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This 6,000 page reference center is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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Mulugeta Seraw (1960-1988)
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Allen Temple African Methodist Episcopal Church, Cincinnati, Ohio (1824 – )
Hamel Hartford Brookins
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Hamel Hartford Brookins (1926- )
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Floyd E. Norman (1935– )

Explore Global African History

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Oliver Golden (1887-1940)
Battle of Vertières in 1803 Haitian Revolution
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Haitian Revolution (1791-1804)
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Jan Mostaert’s Portrait of a Moor (1520-1530)
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Herman Perry (1922-1945)

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

UNIT 342A: L-R, Alberta Hunter, Alfred Elkins, Ollie Crawford, Leonard Caston, Mae Gaddy & Joe Taps Miller
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Alberta Hunter and the Rhythm Rascals in the China-Burma-India Theater of World War II
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Jazz in Occupied China: Black Jazzmen at the Japanese Prison Camp in Weihsien, China during World War II
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Roman Slavery and the Question of Race
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“The Yellow Rose of Texas”: The Ironic Origins of a Popular Song

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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